Hell Is for Heroes

Montigny, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 1944: Squad leader Sergeant Larkin and his men are taking a well-deserved rest behind the lines after conducting front-line combat operations for several weeks. Rumor has it the unit will be rotated stateside and the men are almost giddy in anticipation. During an interlude at a church and later at a tavern, the senior non-commissioned officer, Platoon Sergeant Pike, happens upon acquaintance Private John Reese, who has been assigned to his platoon. Reese was a former master sergeant, demoted to private after a court-martial, who walks around armed with a distinctive M3 submachine gun.